New Release Dates…

So, it is that time again, and I am starting an author-by-author update. So far, I have only the A’s and B’s done, but it still offered up a few books to be added to the New Release pages.

• Jus Accardo starts up a new YA series called The Darker Agency with the release of Darker Days this August.
• Midnight Breed #12 from author Lara Adrian, Crave the Night, will be released this December.
• June 2014 will see the release of Brooklyn Ann‘s third Bite book, A Bite at First Sight.
• Zoe Archer‘s second Nemesis Unlimited book, Dangerous Seduction, will be out on November 26th.
• Evertrue, the third book of Brodi Ashton‘s Everneath trilogy, will be out next January.
• Jenn Bennett is starting up a new series next year called Bitter Spirits. The first book (also called Bitter Spirits) is due out next January, and it will be followed by Grim Shadows next June.
• Nina Berry‘s third Otherkin book, Othersphere, will be released on December 31st.
• Anne Bishop‘s second The Others book, Murder of Crows, will not be out until next March. Booo.
• I thought that Cheryl Brooks‘ Cat Star Chronicles series was done, but it looks like book 10 will be called Renegade, and it is scheduled for next July.

Cover Lover – Mega Edition

Wow, there has been a ton of book covers released in the last few days, most of which I got from either Goodreads or Amazon.  This first one is Black City from Christina Henry, the fifth book in the Madeline Black series, which is due out on February 26th.

I forgot to up this one last cover lover post.  Demon Hunting in a Dive Bar is the third book in Lexi George‘s Demon series, due out next February.

This first young adult cover is from the popular Morganville Vampires series.  Rachel Caine will release Fall of Night on May 7th.

Devon Monk may be wrapping up her Allie Beckstrom series, but the Age of Steam series is still going strong.  Cold Copper will be out on July 2nd.

The third book of Lynn Viehl‘s Lords of the Darkyn series, Nightbound, will be released on May 7th.

M.J. Scott‘s Half Light City series continues on April 2nd with the release of the third book, Iron Kin.

Emerald Green is the title of the third and final book in Kerstin Gier‘s Edelstein Trilogy, which is due out sometime next year.

The next Arcadia Bell novel from Jenn Bennett is called Binding the Shadows, and it will be available on May 28th.

It looks like the upcoming anthology, Enthralled, will feature a story from Lora Leigh‘s Breeds series.  There are also stories from Alyssa Day, Meljean Brook, and Lucy Monroe.  Look for it on July 2nd.

The first book from Ann Aguirre‘s (writing as A.A. Aguirre) upcoming Apparatus Infernum series, Bronze Gods, now has a cover.  It will be released on April 30th.

It looks like there was a novella from the Sharie Kohler Moon Chasers series that I totally missed.  Darkest Temptation was released on October 30th.

Still going…Darkness Bred is the second book from Stella Cameron‘s Chimney Rock series, which should be available on May 28th.

Robin D. Owens will release the next book in her Celta Heartmates series, Heart Fortune, on August 6th.

This one is…pink.  Very pink.  Hearts of Shadow is the second book from Kira Brady‘s Deadglass series, which is due out on May 7th.

And finally, the cover has been released for the second book in Bec McMaster‘s London Steampunk series.  Heart of Iron will be out on May 7th.

There were a few more, but they haven’t really been put “out there” yet, so I am holding back a bit.  Which one or ones did you like from this batch?  Any that you can’t wait to get your hands on?

Cover Lover – Summoning the Night

The second Arcadia Bell book from Jenn Bennett now has an official cover.  Summoning the Night is due out on April 24th.  I like this one – matches well with the first cover in the series, too.

New Series Alert

Not only are there a couple of new series getting their start this week, but there are also a couple coming to an end, from what I understand.

The first new one is from the Arcadia Bell series from author Jenn Bennett, called Kindling the Moon.

Synopsis…

Being the spawn of two infamous occultists (and alleged murderers) isn’t easy, but freewheeling magician Arcadia “Cady” Bell knows how to make the best of a crummy situation. After hiding out for seven years, she’s carved an incognito niche for herself slinging drinks at the demon-friendly Tambuku Tiki Lounge.

But she receives an ultimatum when unexpected surveillance footage of her notorious parents surfaces: either prove their innocence or surrender herself. Unfortunately, the only witness to the crimes was an elusive Æthyric demon, and Cady has no idea how to find it. She teams up with Lon Butler, an enigmatic demonologist with a special talent for sex magick and an arcane library of priceless stolen grimoires. Their research soon escalates into a storm of conflict involving missing police evidence, the decadent Hellfire Club, a ruthless bounty hunter, and a powerful occult society that operates way outside the law. If Cady can’t clear her family name soon, she’ll be forced to sacrifice her own life . . . and no amount of running will save her this time.

This one will be followed by Summoning the Night in February of next year.

Next up is one I am looking forward to.  After reading Kendra Leigh Castle‘s Highland Werewolves trilogy, I have high hopes for Dark Awakening.  It is the first book in her Dark Dynasties series.

Synopsis…

Tynan MacGillivray is Cait Sith, a casteless hunter whose kind stalks the fringes of a vampire society dominated by the four pureblood dynasties. Only his prowess as a ruthless killer has set him apart, elevating him to the inner circle of Arsinöe, queen of the ancient vampire house of Ptolemy. But all he has gained over the centuries of his life is threatened as an invisible evil is unleashed upon the noble house he serves, fracturing fragile alliances and sparking talk of all-out war between the vampire clans.

It falls to Ty, most favored hunter of the queen, to find the one mortal who may be able to save the Ptolemy: a Seer. But finding one of that ancient bloodline is far more difficult than anyone anticipated, and time is running out…until Ty meets Lily Quinn, the only woman he has ever struggled to resist, and the one woman he is forbidden to have.

Lily may be exactly what Ty needs, a mortal Seer whose visions will allow the dynasty to root out the source of all its troubles, and take revenge. But as Ty carelessly turns Lily’s well-ordered world upside down, he soon discovers that the beautiful professor is much more than she seems. For Lily bears the mark of a dynasty long dead, and her secrets threaten to rock the very foundations of the vampire underworld. Together, Lily and Ty will discover whether loyalty is more important than truth, whether love can flourish in the shadows of betrayal, and whether blood really is destiny.

Midnight Reckoning  will be the second book, due out on January 1st.

There are also two series saying goodbye this week.  Stephanie Tyler and Larissa Ione bring to a close their ACRO series with their release of Taken by Fire (written under the name Sydney Croft), and the Dark Days series from Jocelynn Drake also comes to an end with the release of Burn the Night.

Random Updates…

Soooo, every six months or so, I show just how dull my life is by going through the new release schedules, month by month, and plugging each and every author’s name into Amazon.com and Goodreads to see what they have coming out next.  Then, I check each author’s website and blog to see what is going on, too.  Then I update the “coming attractions” for each series.  I said life was dull, right?

Anyhow, I have made it through July 2011, and all of the reading lists for each title should be completely up to date, and all links added where available.  On my searches, I found some coming soon info on quite a few series…

• Book 10 of The Hollows series from Kim Harrison will be called A Perfect Blood, and is scheduled for release on February 21st.
• MaryJanice Davidson will be starting a Mermaid trilogy with the release of Underwater Love on February 7th.
• January 3rd is the release date for the fourth book in Richelle Mead‘s Dark Swan series, called Shadow Heir.
• according to Patricia Brigg‘s website, we will have to wait until the spring of 2013 for the next Mercy Thompson book, title as yet TBA.
• Alien Diplomacy will be the title of the fifth Katherine Katt book from Gini Koch, and it should be available on April 3rd.
• Devon Monk‘s 6th Allie Beckstrom book, Magic Without Mercy, will be an April 3rd release.
• The third book in the new Debbie Mazzuca MacLeod series will be called King of the Isles.  Look for it in early January.
• Book number six in the Chloe Neill Chicagoland Vampires series will be called Biting Cold, due out in September 2012.
• All Things Wicked is the title for the third book in Karina Cooper‘s new Dark Mission series, and it is scheduled for release on January 24th.
• The Argeneau Rogue Hunter series from Lynsay Sands is still going strong.  Number 16, Under a Vampire Moon, is due out on January 3rd.  This one is a hardcover release.
• Siren will be the title of the third book from Kristina Douglas‘ Fallen series.  Release date TBA.
• The very busy Allyson James will continue her Stormwalker series in 2012 with the release of the fourth book, Nightwalker.  No official release date available as yet.
• Sweetblood, the new series from Laurie London, will continue next February with the release of the third book, called Tempted by Blood.
• April 2012 is the release date for the second book from the Arcadia Bell series from Jenn Bennett.  It will be called Summoning the Night.
• The big number 1-0 for the Kitty Vaughn series will be called Kitty Steals the Show.  No release date available as yet for the Carrie Vaughn book.
• Summer 2012 is the general release date for the third book in Stephanie Julian‘s Forgotten Goddesses series.  Looks like Goddess in the Middle is literally that, since it lists three main characters.
• Queen Betsy continues.  Number 11 in the MaryJanice Davidson series will be called Undead and Unstable, and should be out early next year.
• There is a bit of a wait for the next Indigo Court book from Yasmine Galenorn.  Night Seeker, book three, is scheduled for release next June.
• For the Dreg City followers, the fourth book in the Kelly Meding series will be called Wrong Side of Dead, and should be out on January 31st.
• and finally, Dianne Sylvan will release her third Shadow World book, Shadow’s Fall, next March 27th.